" She was told here were 67 other children - who he would introduce later - they were "children of wives not in favor with king.His induction into the Army in 1958 was a well-publicized event.After his Army stint, he also starred inG.I.Blues (1960), in Don Siegel""s westernFlaming Star (1960)(with only two songs) as a half-breed youth, in the southern melodramaWild in the Country (1961), and in other formulaic 60""s films (i.It""s also been considered a ""kids-version"" of Spielberg""s ownClose Encounters of a Third Kind (1977), with an alien who is instantly established as a sympathetic creature.With a production budget of $150 million, with box-office gross receipts of about $257.7 million (domestic) and $385.7 million (worldwide).This film was nominated for four technical Academy Award nominations (including Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, and Best Visual Effects), and it won, predictably, for Best Makeup.